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Give Stained Clothes a Second Chance

Give Stained Clothes a Second Chance

Before shelling out big bucks on a new wardrobe for spring, do a quick survey of the beautiful clothes you already have. Have a shirt you love but can’t wear because of an ink stain? Before cleaning it, soak it in solution with two-parts milk and one part white vinegar overnight. Stain, be gone.

Clean Your Toilet-With Kool-Aid

Clean Your Toilet-With Kool-Aid

It may be better known as one of America’s favorite juice mixers, but Kool-Aid can be used in another very important way: as toilet bowl cleaner. “Kool-Aid is natural and non-toxic. It’s full of citric-acid that will clean the toilet,” cleaning guru Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan says. The cherry flavor is his favorite.

Before you go to bed, flush your toilet and pour in a packet of Kool-Aid. Let it sit overnight and flush in morning. Don’t worry about stains; because it’s being used on a porcelain surface, the color won’t bleed.

A can of Coca Cola or Pepsi can also do the job, according to Todd Saunders, president of the Cleaning Specialists of America. Who knew!?